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Although most research is carried out by academic institutions on geopolymer cements, geopolymeric synthesis is implemented by the international industry in more sophisticated and advanced applications, i.e. automotive, aeronautic, oilfield, etc.. Below is a list of latest published patents filed by AIRBUS, CORNING, SCHLUMBERGER, COMMISSARIAT ENERGIE ATOMIQUE CEA:
- Airbus: Aircraft Conduct in geopolymer composites (WO [...]

Professor Joseph DAVIDOVITS presents his first course for beginners in geopolymer chemistry and applications.

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With your order, you will receive two items: the book Geopolymer Chemistry and Applications and the disk containing 6 hours of video presentations as shown in the picture.
Watch this short presentation, it [...]

By Joseph DAVIDOVITS
A Practical and Scientific Approach to Sustainable Development 2nd Edition

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What can be done about the major concerns of our Global Economy on energy, global warming, sustainable development, user-friendly processes, and green chemistry? Here is an important contribution to the mastering of these phenomena today. [...]

The Geopolymer Institute is introducing a series of training courses on Geopolymer Chemistry, Geopolymer Science and related Applications. The 2-day and 3-day courses will be held at the Geopolymer Institute, Saint-Quentin, France (one and half hours drive North of Paris), with low-rates Hotels in the vicinity. The first series of courses start on April 01. [...]

Professor Joseph Davidovits is proud to announce the release of his book entitled: GEOPOLYMER CHEMISTRY AND APPLICATIONS with ca. 590 pages and 26 Chapters.
The photo shows the first printing for proof-reading. We expect to get the first exemplars printed for the end of February 2008. The first edition of the book will be sold [...]

The geopolymer group at ANSTO (Dr. Dan S. Perera), Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, has released a paper on the geopolymer-kalsilite-leucite heat transformation. It is available for free download
Abstract
A geopolymer was prepared by dissolving metakaolinite in a solution of K2SiO3 and KOH and curing at 80°C for 24 h. It was progressively heated from [...]

The oldest ceramic ever manufactured, the Venus of Dolni Vestonice, is displayed at the Anthropology Museum, at Brno, Czech Republic. The Venus of Dolni Vestonice was visited by Prof. Joseph Davidovits who writes:
” I still had for my eyes the image of the yellow limestone Venus displayed at the Vienna Museum, Austria, to be very [...]

At the 1980, 1981, 1982, and 1984 Symposia on Archaeometry, Joseph Davidovits showed the possibility of fabricating ceramics by Low Temperature Geopolymeric Setting between 50°C and 500°C. The results obtained with LTGS have been surprising and very interesting from the archaeological point of view, e.g. the fabrication of ceramic whose surface is covered by [...]

Geopolymer ‘99, 2nd Int. Conf. on Geopolymers
The making of Etruscan ceramic
(Bucchero Nero) in VII-VIII century B.C.
(Fabrication de céramique Étrusque
(Bucchero Nero) au VII-VIII siècle av. J.-C.)
by
Frédéric Davidovits (1), Alessandro Nasso (2),
Joseph Davidovits (3)
(1) Université de Caen, France
(2) Universita di Udine, Italy
(3) Geopolymer Institute, Saint-Quentin, France
( in English, en Français )
The results obtained with LTGS [...]

The geopolymer group at University of Illinois, Prof. W. Kriven, participated to the Center for Microanalysis of Materials (CMM) image contest with an image titled: 10. Vitrification of 3SiO2:Al2O3:K2O:10H2O geopolymer gel by heating to 1600°C. Crystallization of the glass systems was dendritic as seen by in micrograph of the top surface. Jonathan Bell, Kriven group. [...]